Originally Posted by MountainBear
America has always operated under a secure border theory. It is precisely because we have more stringent checks at the border that allows us to have less stringent checks internally. You catch the riff-raff before they get in, not afterward.
That has to be the most stupid thing I have read here for a while. You are sure there are no terrorists in the 300 million people living in the US? Terrorists don't have to be from foreign countries either - they can be homegrown too. The 7/7 bombers in England were English.